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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Vorpommern-Rügen

Putgarten

View of Kap Arkona Cliffs – Vitt fishing village loop from Putgarten

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Germany

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Vorpommern-Rügen

Putgarten

View of Kap Arkona Cliffs – Vitt fishing village loop from Putgarten

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4.7

(1303)

5,964

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View of Kap Arkona Cliffs – Vitt fishing village loop from Putgarten

02:03

7.77km

70m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

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Bus stop

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1.86 km

Lighthouse photo spot

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Schinkelturm is the second oldest lighthouse on the Baltic Sea. Its square shape and the red brick can be seen from afar. When it got too old and too weak, a new higher and more powerful one was simply built next to it. This has created an unmistakable ensemble.

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1.87 km

Schinkel Tower and New Lighthouse at Cape Arkona

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Great! Simply great!😍

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3.04 km

Gellort Chalk Cliffs

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Very beautiful cliffs on the cape

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3.16 km

Gellort – Northernmost Point of Rügen

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From Gellort, the northernmost point of the island of Rügen, it is only about 70 kilometers to Sweden and just over 50 kilometers to the island of Mon (Denmark). If the visibility is good, the chalk cliffs of Mon can be seen from Gellort.

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3.57 km

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4.17 km

Peilturm at Cape Arkona

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The Jaromarsburg

In the middle of the castle stood the temple in 1168 with the oversized wooden image of the four-headed god Svantevit.

The remains of the Arkona Temple Castle are an important testimony to Slavic cultural history in the Baltic Sea region. Protected on three sides by the cliffs and on the land side by a 25 meter high rampart, it was a place of worship for the natives of Rügen from the 6th to the 12th century - the Slavic Ranen. With the conquest and destruction of the sanctuary under the leadership of Bishop Absalon of Roskilde in 1168, the Christianization of the islanders was initiated. The Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus was an eyewitness to this decisive event. Only the descriptions in the 14th book of his "Historia Danica" have handed down details of how the Ranenburg looked before it was destroyed.

Natural erosion at the cape over the centuries has caused much of the inner castle to collapse into the Baltic Sea and have been swallowed up by the sea. For the excavation team and its leader Fred Ruchthöft, it is a race against time to secure the archaeological finds. For example, the archaeologists literally brought to light a spearhead, arrowheads, pearls and a spur. Imposing cultural-historical individual pieces from the archaeological excavations from inside the ramparts are exhibited in the observation tower.

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5.12 km

View of Kap Arkona Cliffs

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Wonderful view of Cape Arkona and the cliffs.

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5.60 km

Vitt fishing village

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The idyllic and somewhat remote fishing village invites you to stop off in the warm months with many small cafés. From the beach you already have a great view of the cliffs.

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5.67 km

View of the Chalk Cliffs (Kreidefelsen) on Rügen

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Beautiful beach overlooking chalk cliffs

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7.77 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.67 km

2.92 km

702 m

475 m

Surfaces

2.58 km

2.20 km

2.16 km

787 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 2 July

18°C

13°C

28 %

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Comments

May 9, 2025,Kap Arkona - mit Vitt

From the parking lot (€8 by car 😯) in Putgarten, we head toward the lighthouse, Schinkel Tower, and the direction finder tower. Of course, I have to climb the lighthouse (another €3). The view is fantastic, over the blossoming fruit trees, the sunny rapeseed, and the turquoise Baltic Sea.

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August 18, 2023,Kap Arkona & nördlichsten Punkt Gellort & Fischerdorf Vitt

A very nice tour, started from Putgarten. Hiked to Cape Arcona to the northernmost point of Gellort. From there to the small fishing village of Vitt.
Great places, beautiful👍😎

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November 14, 2021,Putgarten- Kap Arkona - Vitt

Such a beautiful tour. Even if it was very overcast, we were lucky and no rain.
It was not very busy and we had a lot of time to admire the great landscape. The view from the northernmost point of Rügen is great, but definitely even better when the view is clear. 🙂🙃

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January 20, 2025,Aussicht auf Kap Arkona – Fischerdorf Vitt Runde 🇩🇪

Today we went to Cape Arkona in glorious weather to see the bunkers there. And then on to the beautiful Vitt. And all of this with just a handful of visitors - a dream!

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November 17, 2023,Der Klassiker auf Rügen: Putgarten - Vitt - Kap Arkona -Gellort

The destination was Gellort. The actually northernmost point of the island of Rügen, but also of the former GDR. It is about 500m from the cape, but well signposted. We like to go there when it gets dark. You have Cape Arkona all to yourself.

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May 27, 2025,Zum Kap Arkona und dem Fischerdorf Vitt

Another destination on Rügen was Cape Arkona. The weather wasn't supposed to be the best today, but rain wasn't forecast until the afternoon.
So we set off early and headed to the north of the island.
The hike there was OK, with beautiful views of the lighthouses every now and then. Once we got there, I naturally wanted to climb …

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May 21, 2023,3 Leuchttürme am Kap Arkona

Cape Arkona is a 40m high chalk cliff in the north of Rügen and a magnet for visitors. We started at the parking lot in front of the cape and after a few minutes saw the 3 lighthouses that make this stretch of coast something special: the square Schinkelturm, the round New Lighthouse next to it and the Peilturm with …

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September 6, 2023,Vitt - Kap Arkona - Gellort - Putgarten ☀️🌊

What's the best way to spend a big birthday, exactly - with a cozy get-together in the far north. 😉
The weather is perfect, the views are fantastic and everything else is worth seeing.
Even a small hell viper (okay, maybe it was an adder) crossed our path.

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View of Kap Arkona Cliffs – Vitt fishing village loop from Putgarten

Lighthouse photo spot

Schinkel Tower and New Lighthouse at Cape Arkona

Gellort Chalk Cliffs

Gellort – Northernmost Point of Rügen

Peilturm at Cape Arkona

View of Kap Arkona Cliffs

Vitt fishing village

View of the Chalk Cliffs (Kreidefelsen) on Rügen

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